Car-truck side frame.



, WAR. VAN Ho'usaN & H. AL'BOWBR.

GAR TRUCK SIDE FRAME. AYPLIOATION FILED NOV'. 16. 191i.v

1,044,305.. Patented NovQ12,19 12 z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. R. VAN HOUSEN & H. A. BOWER.

' GAR TRUCK SIDI; FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1911. 1,044,305, Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

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WILLIAM R. VAN HOUSEN AND HIRAM A. BOWER, OF ERWIN, TENNESSEE.

CAR-TRUCK sinn FRAME.

Specicationof 'Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1911.

v Patented Nov.l 2, 19-, sei-iai No. 660,713.

To ad w/zom 2'?? may concern.' i

Be it known that we, lILLIAM R. VA HoUsEN and HIRAM A. BowER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Erwin, in the county of Unicoi and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Car-Truck Side lirames, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements 1n car truck sideframes.

The objectot' the present invention is to simplify and reduce the costof the construetion of car truck side frames equipped `with journal boxes, and to provide a car truck side f 'ame having a divided journal box with a removable oil cellar section, adapted when detached to permit the wheels to be applied to and removed from a truck without disturbing or interfering with the other portions of the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a car truck side f 1anic, of this character in which the removable oil cellarsection ot' the journal box will be securely retained '1n place and etlectually prevented from beeon'iing lost, whereby the axle may be maintained in a lubricated condition so as to avoid all liability. of accidents resulting lroin the wringing or twisting oli' of the journals caused by excessive heat on account ot' an absence of'lubrication.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto" appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be. resorted to. without departingr from the spirit or sacriliclng any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings z-Iligure l is a side elevation of a car truck side frame provided with journal boxes, constructed in accordance with this invention.4 Fig. 2 is a plan View of one end elC the car truck side traine. Fig. 3 is an end elevation ot' the saine. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, taken transversely of the journal box on the line 44 ot Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a central vertical sectional view, taken longitudinally ot' the journal box. Fig. 6' is a horizontal sectional view on the spective view ofthe lower'or oil cellar section of the o'urnal box. Fig. Sis a transversesectional view of a divided journal box, illus- -trating another embodiment ot' the invention. Fig.

9 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate cory y parts in all the ligures of the tion: and adapted to be removed 4to permit an' axle to be applied to and reinovedfrom a truck withoutl disturbing the other portions of the same. The upper ii'itegral sec-- tion or portion, which is approximately inverted U-sliape, is composed of spaced sides and a connecting top portion, and it is provided at the lower edges of the sides with integralhorizontal ledges Ll, having apei1` tures 5 for the reception of vertical lugs 6, arranged in series at opposite sides ot' the lower oil cellar' section, and projecting upwardly from integral horizontal llanges 7, which extend longitudinally of the lower oil cellar section'of the journal box adjacent to the Lipper edges et' the side walls ol' the same. The lower oil cellar section, which is approximately semi-cylindrical, is similarin configuration to theloucr oil cellar portion of the standard journal box, and the vertical lugs 6 at opposite sides of the oil cellar section are provided with lined openings S for the reception ofv taper keys i), which are supported upon' lugs or bosses l0 and il, Aproject-ing upwardly from the ledges 4 at the endsV thereof. 'lhe lugs or bosses ll at oneend of the ledges extend above the plane of the lugs or bosses i0 at the other en'd or' the ledges to receire the smaller end ot' the wedge-sha )ed key, which is adapted to be driven into theopenings of the upwardly projecting lugs ll to firmly and securely fasten the lower oil cellar section ot' the journal boxto the upper section thereof. Afterv the wedges have been driven into position to draw the lower seetion tightly againstI the upper section, their ends may be bent over, as shown, to prevent them from Working loose. Instead ot the `ge.ther.` v. V 2. A car truck side frame provided with'a noo-1,305' i' lcuring the sections of thejoiirnal'box todivided journal box composed of upper and lower sections, v the upper section lbeing formed integral with the side frame and the lower section being provided at opposite` sides with upwardly projecting 'flanges Y ex- Ytending along the sides' of the '.said lower section and inwardly'oifsetffrom the plane of the side walls .thereof and projecting ing the lower section to .the upper section.

3.-y A cartruck side frame provided with a i 'divided journal box composed of upper and lower sections, "the upper section being formed integral vwith the sideame,andthe lower section being provided atopposite lsides with upwardly projecting-flanges litv ting against the inner-faces yof the 'sides lotthe upper section' and extendingabove the meetingedges or faces-of the -sections to form a tight joint and to prevent lateral displacementvof the lower vsection, upper and lower exterior fianges formed integral with the 'sections ofthel journal box and located at the-dividing line of the same, one of the flanges being provided with anaperture, and a lug projecting from the other .fiange and extendingV through thesaid aperture and having an opening-to receive a key for detachably securing the sections together.

:4. A cari' truck side frame provided with v'a divided journal box composed of upper and lower sectionsLt-he upper section being formed vintegral with the side frameand prov-idedatopposite sides with horizontall ledges'V having apertures, horizontal flan-ges forme integral with the lower 'section and each provided with a series of upwardly pro A -froin the'upper section and having a series of apertures and provided atits upper face -4 -witli projecting bosses of di'ierent heights,

jeotingqlugsy havin horizontally alined openings and exten ing. through the apertures' of the said ledges, and keys lextending through the openings of the lugs and scour-- ing the sections of the journal bo-x together.

5. A car truck side frainehaving a dividedjournal box composed of upper and lower sections, a horizontal ledge extending a longitudinal flange foi-ined integral with journal" box and providedv with upwardly projecting lugs adapted to be passed through 'the apertures of. the said.ledge and hav-ing alined openings, and a tapered key arranged :in the alinedopeningsof the lugs and engaging the said bosses.

land' extending from the lower section of the 6. A car truck side frame'provided with a divided journal box' composed of upper and lower sections, exteriorly located fastening interiorly `arranged meansy carried by the lower section 'and adapted'to engage over -theI journal wedge for supporting the lower section should thesaid fastening means become lost or broken. A

7.. A car-truck side frame provided with a divided journal box composed of upper and lower sections, fastening means for sej means for securing thevsections together, and

curing the sections together, `and an arin Aformed integral with the lower section. and

extending upwardly into the upper section' and arranged to' project over and be supported by the journal wedge'.

8. A car truck side frame provided with a divided journal boxcomposed of upper and lower sections, the 'upper section being' formed integral with the side frame and p rovided at opposite sides with journal bearing v engaging flanges, fastening means for secur-' ing the lower section tothe upper section, and arms formed integral with the lower'section and arranged in'pairs and receiving the said flanges between them'andadapted to extend over the journal wedge to-form a support for the lower section of the journal box.

9. A cartruckside frame provided wit-ha 'divided journal box composed'o'f upper and lower sections, the upper section being formed'integral with the side frame and.

provided at the top with a solid intermediate 4 portion and having recesses at opposite sides thereof, and opposite arms carried bv the lower section of the journal box and extend- ,ing upwardly into the upper section and having projecting portions arranged .in the Asaid recesses and adapted to engage over the journal wedge to forni a support for the said lower section of the journal box. In .testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM R. VAN I-IOUSEN. VHIRAM A. BOVER. 'Vitnesses:

ll. F. STALEY, lV. S. lllosnLiliY.

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Washingtoin D. C. 

